Startups during the crisis

Yesterday, in a conversation with Alex (http://www.alexr.org), the topic of startups during the crisis surfaced.
Our opinions are divided.
I look at this business optimistically and Alex is quite the opposite.
Actually, this arrangement of accents is quite understandable.
For Alex is a professional, a geek, there is an experience of real startups and so on.
I'm the same person in this new topic. Teapot.
A kettle, he is an optimist by definition.

Nevertheless, it seems to me that not everything is so bad in the field of start-ups in the RU zone, even despite the crisis.
That is bad, of course, that the money has become less.
With many familiar areas of earning shrink.
But…
As in any crisis, by definition, new opportunities should open up, new markets.
For there is a new demand.
And in this regard, I have a question for the respected Habralyud.
How do you think, how does a crisis affect start-up opportunities?
What adjustments does it make?

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